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> > I don't think writing in x86_64 is any more artisanal than Python or JavaScript. > I have the impression that was exactly the intention of the article: Oka
by mustache_kimono 2y ago
> > I don't think writing in x86_64 is any more artisanal than Python or JavaScript.
> I have the impression that was exactly the intention of the article:
Okay, but you seem to be ignoring the first half of the article. You know the part that tells us it is a great big joke:
"Real Programmers wrote in machine code.
Not FORTRAN. Not RATFOR. Not, even, assembly language.
Machine Code.
Raw, unadorned, inscrutable hexadecimal numbers.
Directly."
- meiraleal 2y agoTrue, I think I really skipped that quote. I disagree with this part and think it doesn't link very well with the conclusion or with software artisans. Not sure if I mixed it up or the author :)